Machine for arranging heel-blanks



R. C. Sl-MMONS. MACHINE FOR ARRANGING HEEL BLANKS. APPLICATION man on. 24. 1918.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

nears RALFH C. SIMMONS, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 UNITED SEOE MACHINERY CQRPORATION, OF PATEBSON, NE'W JERSEY, A CGRPORATION Oh NEW J EBSEY.

MACHINE 1 For. nnneivcrne HEEL-BLANKS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nay, 29, 19211.

Application filed ()ctober 24, 1918. Serial l lo; 259,579.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, RALPH C. SIMMONS, a citizen of the United States, res1d1ng at Beverl 111 the count 01' Essex and State of 7. J i Massachusetts have invented certain Im- L a A, provements in Machines; for Arranging Heel-Blanks, of which the iollowing .de-

scription, in connection with the accompanyng drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings ind1cat1nglike parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to machines for arranging heel blanks, and, particularly, to a machine or mechanism capable of receiving such blanks in miscellaneous or indiscriminate arrangement with. relation to one of their elements and disposing and presenting them in uniform, orderly arrangement.

The object of the'invention is to provide automatic mechanism to which heel blanks may be supplied in. arrangement, at least, partially indiscriminate, and which shall operate to arrange the heels in uniform and orderl arraand if desired present them'autoniatically to a machine whichis to operate upon them, or, alternatively, to deliver them in a stack ready to be placed in a magazine in which they may be stored or which may be placed upon an operating machine in cooperative relation to the feeding mechanism thereof.

With this object in View, an important. feature of the invention resides in the provision of mechanism for receiving heels in non-uniform disposition, rearranging them and delivering them all turned in the same must be handledrepeatedly before being delivered. n

As a feature of the mechanism Ior arrange ingthe blanks, means is provided for advancing all the blanks serially as received,

past detents arranged to permit properly positioned blanksto proceed withoutinterference and to engage lmproperly positioned blanks and turn them into correct position while they are beingv advanced. v

Blank arranging mechanism,

such as that above indicated, has especial utility in connection with heel blank producing machines which deliver successive blan is similarly disposed with respect to one of their elements but otherwise arranged 'indiscrirnh nately. An example of such a machine is found in those machines which sever heel blanks or lifts successively from the end of a heel log. These machines operate by sawing or slicing, and thejblanlis come from the machine all in the same plane butin indiscriminate arrangementas-to the direc tion in which they point. A. further feature of the present invention, accordingly, con-' sists in the combination with a machine for severing successive blanks from a heel log, of mechanism for stacking the blanks in uniform arrangement and preferably in column formation.

These and other features or the invention will best be understood and appreciated by reading the following description of one simple embodiment of the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings, in wh1ch Figure 1 is a perspective view of the en Y tire machine.

Fig. 2 is a diagrammaticview showing the action of the detent-s upon blanks received in two difierent positions; and

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view showing 1 the action ot the detents upon blanks re celved in a third positionfl Referring now to the drawings lt) indi-' cates a frame or support for the moving parts of the blank arranging mechanism.

12 indicates a saw or other cutting or slioing device forming part of a machine for severingsuccessive blanks 14, in the form of heel sections or lifts, from a heel log 16 of indeterminate length. When the blank i l falls away "from the-log, it may turn about the axis of the log into any angular position, but will always drop from the cutting .tool with its general plane vertical.

Immediately beneath the blank, as it is being separated from the log, is a chute18 adapted to receive the blank and guide it to an endless belt 20. The chute 18" is sufiiciently narrow to keep the blank in a verti- 7 forms a guideway for the heel blanks, serving to keep them in a vertical plane during their entire passage through the machine.

The belt is provided at intervals with projections 24, the function of which is to engage. the blanks and assist in feeding them through the machine. At one end of the machineithe belt passes about an idle pulley 26, and at the other end is passes around a driving pulley 28 secured-t0 a driving shaft 80, upon the opposite end of which is-a pulley 32 continuously driven by a belt 34 from any, suitablecsource or power. The direction of rotation of the driving pulley 28 is such as to move the upper sectionof the belt 20 continuously from left" to right, as viewed in Fig- 1. a

Mounted in brackets 36 projecting upwardly from'the member 10 are vertically adjustable blocks 38 and set screws 40ior securing the blocks in adjusted position. In each of theblocks 38 is secured a bolt42, which servesas a pivot for a loosely supported detent l i. Vlnach detent 4% is provided with an opposite projectionl-G arranged to engage, a pin 48 secured in the block3'8' and acting as a stop to prevent the detent from descending, below a predetermined position which may, however, be varied by vertical ad ustment of theblock 38.

Referring now to igs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that ablank may be deposited upon the fbelt 20 and reach the first detent ll in any one of three approximate positions. The first of these-positions is indicated by full lines at 50. Inthis position the breast edge ment of that part or the blank, but willyield upwardly about its pivot 42, permitting the belt to advance theblankand at the same of the blank will encounter the nose of the detent which will'retard the forward movetime' to turn it until'it Jasses out' from under the detent in approximately the position indicatedat52, that is, curvedend foremost.- The adjustment'of the heightofthe detents is such, with relation'to thesizeof' the bIanksQjb'eing handled, that a blank-in this position will pass under them1 without I being turned; The blank, therefore,having reached position 52, passes beneath the sec- 0nd detent 44. and is delivered curved end foremost into a stationary trough or receiver I 54;, as indicated at 56 in Fig. 3.

If the. lift should arrive: at the first detent 44; in the position, shown in dotted lines at 58,or in.any positionbetween that and a vertical, position with the breast edgeupperapproximately the same position as the blank 50 with relation to the first detent in -13 ig. 2. In this case the second detent will yield and turn the blank until it deliv ered curved end foremost, as shown at .66 and is finally deposited in ment that when the two detents are properly positioned in height, all the blanks which are not received upon the belt in position to advance curved end foremost will be turned to that position and that they will allbe similarly delivered to the trough 54f. i

The sides of the trough 5a are hinged the troi' gh 54L in position 56. it has been found by expert,

together, as shown at 68,to provide for adis justrnent of the trough to blanks of all sizes. In order to provide for advancing the blankslengthwise b1? the-trough 54- and to insure tha there shall always be space for the reception of the next blank delivered'by the" belt, a' reciprocating plunger 70 ismounted to slide n a horizontal bore 111 the member 10. The downwardly extending arm v7 2 of a bell crank lever pivoted at 74 engages a pin 76 in the rear end of the plunger '70s The forwardly projecting arm 7 8 of the'bell crank lever s connected to a slide 80, to which vertical reciprocation is imparted by 'a' connecting rod 82 through a lever 84. The

connecting rod 82 111 'contlnuallymoved back J and forth by a crank 86 upon the pulley 32. By means of an adjustable connection 88 be tween the connecting rod 82 and thelever 84-, the throw of the slide 80, and conse quently theextent oi movement otthe plunger 70, maybe adjusted to. suit the thickness of the blanks being handled, At thebegim ning of the operation of the machine ablock or follower 90 may be placed in the trough 54 to maintain the first blanks upright as they are advanced in the trough other blanks added to the column. The continual reciprocation of the plunger 70-;occurs a sufiiciently rapid ratetoiinsure that-a space, shall always be provided for the reception of a blank deliveredtothetrough by the conveyingbeltQ r l Having described my invention, what I claim as'new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. The combination witha heelblank re- I ceiving trough, ofj ;means' for delivering blanks in succession to the I trough, 7 a recip rocating plunger having a limited stroke arranged to engage and advance the column ,the combination of means for receiving blanks all in the same plane but otherwise indiscriminately arranged, and means for disposing them with their breast edges all in the same direction.

8. In a heel blank arranging machine, the combination of means for receiving blanks all in the same plane but otherwise indiscriminately arranged, and means for arranging the blanks and delivering them face to face in column formation.

4. In a heel blank arranging machine,

the combination of means for receiving heel blanks all in the same plane, but otherwise indiscriminately arranged, and means for arranging and delivering the blanks successively with their curved endsforemost.

5. In a heel blank arranging machine, the

' combination of means for receiving heels pointing in various directions and means for advancing them and turning them in their own planes until they all point in the same direction.

6. In a heel blank arranging machine, the combination of means for receiving heels pointing in various directions, a conveyer constructed and arranged to advance the heels in their own planes, and means cooperating with the conveyer for turning the heelsin their own planes until they all point in the same direction.

7. In a heel blank arranging machine, the combination of a'eonveyer, means for moving the conveyer to advance the blanks and detent means cooperating with the conveyer to turn all blanks not facing in. a predetermined general direction until they are all uniformly disposed.

8. In a heel blank arranging machine, the combination of a continuously running, heel advancing, endless belt conveyer, and detent means cooperating with the conveyer to turn "upon the conveyer all blanks not arranged in a predetermined way and to permit the I passage undisturbed of blanks which are arranged in said predetermined way.

9. In a heel blank arranging machine, the combination of means for receiving heel blanks indiscriminately arranged in a single plane and arranging them uniformly, and mechanism for separating blanks successively from a heel log and presenting them to said means.

10. In a heel blank arranging machine, the combination of means for separating blanks successively from a heel log and delivering them in a vertical plane, and means for receiving said blanks, advancing those received curved end foremost without disturbing them, and turning the remaining blanks and delivering them curved end foremost.-

11. The combination with means for sepa heel 10g, of means for stacking said blanks in I column formation.

12; The combination with means for separating blanks successively from the end of a heel log, of means. for. turning said blanks until they all point in the same direction, and means for stacking the blanks with their breast edges in alinement.

13. The combination with a heel blank receiving trough, of means for delivering blanksin successionto the trough, and continuously acting means operating faster than the blanks are delivered foradvancing the column of blanks in the trough to provide space for the reception of incomingblanks.

14'. The combination with a horizontal trough constructed and arranged to receive heel blanks on edge, of means for delivering blanks successively to the trough, and a continuously acting reciprocating plunger operating faster than the blanks are delivered having a limited stroke arranged to engage and advance the column of blanks in the trough. I

I 15. Ihe combination with a continuously running belt conveyer constructed and arrangedto receive and advance heel blanks on edge, of a pivoted detent above the conveyer constructed and arranged to engage and turn only those blanks not arranged in a predetermined position.

In testimony whereof I'have signed my name to this specification.

1 RALPH o.-sIMMoNs. 

